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Re: Changing supplied overlays
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Donald Scrima
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Sep 25, 2009 08:07 PDT
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Dennis,
Guido asked an important question on the overlays. If the overlay is in line
with the data I suggest extracting the overlays with Jesse’s “AFPextract”
utility or his AFPviewer v112 (called AFPTools) now the overlays are
accessible make the changes you need or replace the overlay with a new one
(that is changes) with the same overlay name. Make sure you have it in a
library or directory in the search path for the print driver (PSF InfoPrint
Mge, etc). Then as Guido explained with a hex editor (UltraEdit is a good
one) change one character of the name of the overlay you are replacing
(suggest Jesse’s AFPexplorer to find the overlay in the data stream). Now
the inline overlay can not be found a print time and PSF will look to the
library search path to try and find the overlay and it is replaced. It is a
manual process.
If the overlay is external, simple change the overlay in question and
replace the old one ( supplied overlay ) with the changed one in the library
( suggest keep the original off to the side in case new one does not work
and you need the original overlay for troubleshooting and change again).
These are not for a beginner; an intermediate AFP skill level is needed.
You originally ask is there an application that will do this,
AFP-Splitter<http://www.afp-splitter.com/>from CRE-DO, would work for
inline overlays to extract them, and treat the
overlays as external resources. In my expiation above I mention another
utility to pull out the overlays. But you still have manual intervention.
If this is going to occur a lot, you may want to investigate StreamWeaver
(from Pitney Bowes). It is mainframe and completed but would do what you
want. A search of the web may turn up another.
Regards,
Donald Scrima, EDP
AFP Education & Consulting
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Guido Schnepp <guido.s-@cre-do.de>wrote:
| | Dennis,
are the overlays delivered embedded in a resource group, or externally as
separate file? It’s easy to exchange an overlay content, if you have it
external. You only have to modify it and to save under the same name like
the original one.
If you have it inline, another way could help: Just rename the original
inline resource with e.g. a hex editor. The new overlay will then be
searched in your external library (see above).
To split a full featured AFPDS file with inline resources into its
components, you can use different products like AFP-Splitter<http://www.afp-splitter.com/>from CRE-DO. A simple product to recombine AFPDS files as you like is
unknown to me, but normally not needed, if you can handle external
resources.
Regards
Guido
*Von:* Dennis Malloy [mailto:denny.-@npcweb.com]
*Gesendet:* Freitag, 25. September 2009 14:28
*An:* afp-@topica.com
*Betreff:* _[afp-l] Changing supplied overlays
Is there an easy way to change overlays? We currently receive the overlays
from our customer and do not change them but we might have to make some
minor changes. We currently only need an application to change overlays.
Dennis Malloy
System Programmer
NPC, Inc.
13710 Dunnings Hwy
P.O. Box 373
Claysburg, PA 16625
814.239.8787 - Phone
814.239.8706 - Fax
denny.-@npcweb.com
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">Guido
asked an important question on the overlays. If the overlay is in line with the
data I suggest extracting the overlays with Jesse’s “AFPextract” utility or his
AFPviewer v112 (called AFPTools) now the overlays are accessible make the
changes you need or replace the overlay with a new one (that is changes) with
the same overlay name. Make sure you have it in a library or directory in the search
path for the print driver (PSF InfoPrint Mge, etc).<span style=""> </span>Then as Guido explained with a hex editor (UltraEdit
is a good one) change one character of the name of the overlay you are
replacing (suggest Jesse’s AFPexplorer to find the overlay in the data stream).
Now the inline overlay can not be found a print time and PSF will look to the library
search path to try and find the overlay and it is replaced. It is a manual
process.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">If
the overlay is external, simple change the overlay in question and replace the
old one ( supplied overlay ) with the changed one in the library ( suggest keep
the original off to the side in case new one does not work and you need the original
overlay for troubleshooting and change again).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">These
are not for a beginner; an intermediate AFP skill level is needed.<span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;"><br>
You originally ask is there an application that will do this, <a href="http://www.afp-splitter.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">AFP-Splitter</span></a>
from CRE-DO, would work for inline overlays to extract them, and treat the
overlays as external resources. In my expiation above I mention another utility
to pull out the overlays. <span style=""> </span>But you still
have manual intervention.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">If
this is going to occur a lot, you may want to investigate StreamWeaver (from
Pitney Bowes). It is mainframe and completed but would do what you want. A
search of the web may turn up another.</span></p><br>Regards,<br>Donald Scrima, EDP<br>AFP Education & Consulting<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Guido Schnepp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:guido.s-@cre-do.de">guido.s-@cre-do.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Dennis,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">are the overlays delivered embedded in a resource group, or externally
as separate file? It’s easy to exchange an overlay content, if you have it
external. You only have to modify it and to save under the same name like the original
one.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">If you have it inline, another way could help: Just rename the original
inline resource with e.g. a hex editor. The new overlay will then be searched
in your external library (see above).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">To split a full featured AFPDS file with inline resources into
its components, you can use different products like <a href="http://www.afp-splitter.com/" target="_blank">AFP-Splitter</a> from CRE-DO. A simple
product to recombine AFPDS files as you like is unknown to me, but normally not
needed, if you can handle external resources.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Regards</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US">Guido</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Von:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Dennis Malloy
[mailto:<a href="mailto:denny.-@npcweb.com" target="_blank">denny.-@npcweb.com</a>] <br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 25. September 2009 14:28<br>
<b>An:</b> <a href="mailto:afp-@topica.com" target="_blank">afp-@topica.com</a><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> _[afp-l] Changing supplied overlays</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Is there an
easy way to change overlays? We currently receive the overlays from our
customer and do not change them but we might have to make some minor
changes. We currently only need an application to change overlays.</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Dennis
Malloy</span> <br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">System
Programmer</span> <br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">NPC, Inc.</span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">13710 Dunnings
Hwy</span> <br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">P.O. Box 373</span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Claysburg,
PA 16625</span> <br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">814.239.8787 -
Phone</span> <br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">814.239.8706 -
Fax</span> <br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="mailto:denny.-@npcweb.com" target="_blank">denny.-@npcweb.com</a></span>
<br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Visit us at </span><a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.npcweb.com</span></a>
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